Sleeve-holder.



EATENTED JULY v, 1903.

o. D. JAG-ESGE.

SLEEVE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED I-IOV. 3, 1902.

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l B of the holder consistsof a thin strip of stiff UNITED STATES Patented July 7, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

SLEEVE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 732,942, dated July 7, 1903.

Application led November 3, 1902. Serial No. 129,938. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, CARRIE l). J AcxsoN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Miller township, in the county of Dearborn and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sleeve-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The several features of my invention and the various advantages resulting from their use, conjointly or otherwise, will be apparent from the following description and claims.

In the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specication, and in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts,` Figure l is a side elevation of one side of the sleeve-holder. 'l It is to be'noted that the other side of the holder resembles the side shown, except that the side shown illustrates the end seams of 4stitching of a cloth cover. The side away from the spectator has no such seams. Fig. 2 is a View in perspective of the end portion of an ordinary sleeve and showing the sleeve-holder attached to it. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of my sleeve-holder,y taken in the plane of the'dotted line 3 3 of Fig. l. Fig. 4l is a side elevation of a metal sleeve# holder without a cloth cover and illustrating features of my invention. Fig. 5 represents a vertical longitudinal central section of the sleeve-holder shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3. The section is taken in the plane of the dotted Fig. 6 is a vertical-crosssection of the sleeve-holder shown in Fig. l. This section is taken in the plane of the dotted lines 6 6 of Fig. l.

Aindicates the entire sleeve-holder. (Shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3.) The main stiff portion material. This material is preferably of metal. Each end of this main portion B is provided with means for conveniently attaching it to the sleeve. A preferred means are pins C, after the kind known as safetypins.

A convenientmode of connecting the pins O f is byforming the material at the end of the part B into an "eye B2,`inclo`sing the shank O2 of that safety-pin Owhich is to be used `at that end of the holder. Thus there will be a pin C at each end of the holder, substantially as shown in the drawings. The stiff main part B preferably has a cover D. This is preferably made of a textile fabric of any suitable kind, and the same is when made of one piece folded over and stitched atone sidenamely, Where the edges meet. W'here the cover D consists of two pieces, there will be a seam at each side edge of the cover. Such seams are indicated by the letter D2. (See Fig. l.) In providing this main portion B With a cover a desirable mode is as follows: A blank of metal capable of being bent under strong pressure is first provided. A cover for this is then slipped over this blank. The blank and cover are somewhat longer than the desired length of the finished stiif portion of the sleeve-holder. The shank of each pin C is laid on that end portion of the stiff part where it (the pin C) is to be permanently. Then each end of the blank With the cover is bent up and around the adjacent shank of pin C. Then it will assume the shape shown in Fig. 5. Each pin is thus held in place. This portion of the sleeve-holder is now finished. There is in connection with this part an elastic connection. This connection is attached to the stiff portion and is also so made as to admit of being held by the hand while the outer coat or garment is being put over the garment to whose sleeve S the sleeve-holder is attached. The preferred mode of constructing this elastic connection and of securing itto that portion which is attached to the sleeve is as follows: An elastic strip or cord E is passed .over the farther (rightfhand) end, Fig. l, and

-extended on both sides to a point beyond the nearer (left-hand) end. The two ends of this cord E are here joined at E2. may be made so as to afford a hold for the thumb and linger to grasp when the sleeveholder is in use. One inode other than stitching the ends of the cord together orto apiece of textile fabric is to close upon `these ends a metal clamp. y l l To prevent the cord E from slippingto one `side and offn from the stiff portion B, il `provvide loops H, one on each side of the portion B, and through each loop that part of the cord which is adjacent to that loop runs. As to the supports for the loops, these may be supported in any suitable manner. Where This juncture IOO strike (bend) up out of the metal itself the loops H. In Fig. 4 such a construction is illustrated, the left-hand loop H being bent up toward the spectator and receiving the cord E on this side of the part B and the righthand loop being bent away from the spectator and out from the other side of the part B and receiving the cord extending on that side of the part B. The loops H being duly supported, the cord E is by them prevented from slipping out of place.

Having thus described the construction of my invention, I will now proceed to describe its mode of operation.

The stiff portion B, carrying the pins C or means of connection, is duly connected by such pins or such means to the inside of the sleeve of the coat or other garment over which the overcoat or overgarment is to be put. The holder is usually attached in the line of the seam for obvious reasons. It is located upon the sleeve so that its lower or forward end is not at all visible and so that the lower end E2 of the cord E is not visible except when drawn down and held during use. Fig. 2 will illustrate the position of the sleeve-holder when attached to the sleeve S and not in use.

It is understood there will be two sleeveholders-bue for each i sleeve and duly attached to the latter.

The mode of operating the sleeve-holder is as follows: The garment to the sleeves of which the sleeve-holders are respectively attached is supposed to be in place on the person of the wearer. When it is desired to put on over this garment another garment having close-fitting sleeves, then and before putting on this overgarment the wearer draws down the elastic E of one sleeve-holder and holds it fast at f2 in the hand of that sleeve and then draws down the elastic of the other sleeveholder and holds it at E2 fast in the other hand. The easiest and most certain way of holding the elastic is by putting the thumb behind the part E2 and between those parts of the elastic cords where they form the loop.- The elastics now keep the lower ends of the sleeves of their garment close to the wrists of the wearer while he or she Ais putting on the outer garment. Vhen the outer garment is in place, the sleeves of the first-named garment being at all times held in place are now in the proper position. The wearer now releases his handhold on the elastic cords E, and the latter retract and draw themselves and the part E2 up within the sleeve and out of sight.

Among the various advantages resulting from the use of my invention are, lirst, the sleeve-holder is economical of manufacture.

It is easily put onto a sleeve and easily taken off from it. It is readily changed from one garment to another.

Another advantage of primary importance is that when applied or while on the sleeve or during removal therefrom it does not wrinkle the sleeve.

Vhat I claim as new and of my invention,

and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a sleeve-holder, a main stiff portion, catch-pins, one at each end thereof and combined therewith, an elastic connection applied to the sleeve-holder and adapted at its forward end to be held by the hand, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. In a sleeve-holder, a stiff portion provided with a cover, and a pin at each end, the adjacent end of the stiif Vportion embracing said ends, and an elastic connection held by said stiff portion, and adapted at its front end to be grasped by the hand, substantially as and for the purposes speciiied.

3. In a sleeve-holder, a main stiif portion, catch-pins, one at each end thereof, and combined therewith, an elastic connection combined with the sleeve-holder, and adapted atV its forward end to be held by the hand, and a loop combined with the stiff portion for holding the elastic connection in place, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

4. In a sleeve-holder, a stiff portion provided with a cover, and a pin at each end, the adjacent end of the stiff portion embracing said pins, and an elastic connection held by said stiff portion and adapted at its front end to be grasped by the hand, and loops in connection with the stiff portion for holding the elastic connection in place, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

5. In a sleeve-holder, a metal stiff portion carrying at each end a pin, around the shank of which the end of the metal is bent, and a looped part or parts struck up from the metal, and an elastic connection passing through the loop, and adapted at its lower end to be grasped by the hand, substantially as and for the pura poses specified.

6. In a sleeve-holder, a stiff'portion having means at its end portions for connecting it to the sleeve, and an elastic loop embracing lengthwise the stiff portion and adapted at its lower end to be held by the hand, and means for preventing the elastic loop from slipping laterally, substantially as and for the pur poses specified.

7. In a sleeve-holder, a stiff portion having means at its end portions for connecting it to the sleeve, and an elastic loop embracing lengthwise the stiff portion and adapted at its lower end to be held by the hand, and loops connected to the stiff portion and embracing the elastic loop, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

8. In a sleeve-holder, a stiff portion B, pins C, one at each end of the stiff portion, and

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Whose shank is there embraced by the stiff preventing the elastic loop from slipping latportion, a cover D', embracing the stiff porerally, substantially as and for the purposes p tion, loops H, H; and anelastic loop E, e1`nspecied.

bracing the parts B, D, lengthwise, and pass- CARRIE D. JACKSON. 5 ing through loops H, and extended below the Attest:

end of the lower pin C, and adapted to be SAMUEL A. WTEST,

caught and held bythe hand, the loops H, H, 1 K. SMITH. 

